Category Archives: Thessaloniki News

The second and last weekend of the 53rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival has started and blessed us with beautiful weather. The closing and award ceremony is held at the Olympion venue at 9 p.m. tonight, followed by the screening of … Continue reading →

November 9th 1989: The Fall of the Wall in Berlin, the beginning of a new era. The 53rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival has always had an extraordinary relationship with the German cinema and presents year by year various directors of … Continue reading →

He was born on the 27th April 1935 and lived for approximately 77 years. During this time he saw the world differently from everybody else. The internationally well-recognised director Theo Angelopoulos drew his last breath on the 24th January 2012. … Continue reading →

… and don’t forget: The Thessaloniki International Film Festival’s events don’t stop there – during the next few days the TIFF has organized parties and concerts that’ll give this celebration even more colour.

Despite all political and social difficulties a country might be undergoing, a festival remains a celebration. As a mirror of behavior, a processor of events, a projector of realities, it evaluates situations – merely straightforward and sober.

We have landed successfully in Thessaloniki and are expecting to see the usual suspects during the next 10 days full of films, colourful pictures and extraordinary sounds: The 53rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival (aka TIFF) has begun!